Current Status Bill Number:3541 Ratification Number:98 Act Number:31 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19970226 Primary Sponsor:Cotty All Sponsors:Cotty Drafted Document Number:pt\2968djc.97 Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19970429 Date of Last Amendment:19970320 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:19970521 Subject:Child abuse, neglect reports; photographs, x-rays, to be sent to Social Services Department, Minors
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ _______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 19970604 Act No. A31 ------ 19970521 Signed by Governor ------ 19970515 Ratified R98 Senate 19970429 Read third time, enrolled for ratification Senate 19970424 Read second time Senate 19970423 Committee report: Favorable 11 SJ Senate 19970325 Introduced, read first time, 11 SJ referred to Committee House 19970321 Read third time, sent to Senate House 19970320 Read second time, unanimous consent for third reading on the next Legislative day House 19970320 Amended House 19970319 Committee report: Favorable with 25 HJ amendment House 19970226 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ referred to CommitteeView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
(A31, R98, H3541)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 20-7-530, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PHOTOGRAPHS, X-RAYS, AND OTHER MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS OF AREAS OF TRAUMA VISIBLE ON A CHILD SUBJECT TO A REPORT OF SUSPECTED CHILD ABUSE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT COPIES OF ALL PHOTOGRAPHS, NEGATIVES, RADIOLOGICAL, AND OTHER MEDICAL REPORTS MUST BE SENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES RATHER THAN THE ORIGINALS OF ALL PHOTOGRAPHS, NEGATIVES, AND REPORTS AT THE TIME A REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 20-7-510 IS MADE, OR AS SOON AS REASONABLY POSSIBLE AFTER THE REPORT IS MADE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Photographs and x-rays; other medical examinations
SECTION 1. Section 20-7-530 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 450 of 1996, is amended to read:
"Section 20-7-530. A person required to report under Section 20-7-510 may take, or cause to be taken, color photographs of the areas of trauma visible on a child who is the subject of a report and, if medically indicated, a physician may cause to be performed a radiological examination or other medical examinations or tests of the child without the consent of the child's parents or guardians. Copies of all photographs, negatives, radiological, and other medical reports must be sent to the department at the time a report pursuant to Section 20-7-510 is made, or as soon as reasonably possible after the report is made."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Approved the 21st day of May, 1997.